Boiler-support.



PATENTED JUNE 4', 19 07.

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No. 355,453. f PATENTED JUNE 4, 1907.

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BOILER SUPPORT.

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BOILER-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1907.

Application filed November 8, 1905. Serial No. 286,342.

To (Mil (1171mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. FOSTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, haveinvented a certain new and useful Boiler-Supp ort, of which thefollowing is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enableany one skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification.

My invention relates more particularly to a boiler stand intendedprimarily to be sup ported "from the wall, and has for its object toprovide such a boiler stand which will be simple and inexpensive inconstruction, and will be provided with suitable means for storing thefastening devices used in securing the boiler support to the wall. Ithas been found that in setting up this class of boiler supports orstands inadequate fastening devices are sometimes used in fastening thesupport to the wall. As a result, the stand, after the boiler is placedthereupon, frequently pulls away from its fastening. It is desirable,therefore, to ship with each stand a fastening device adequate to thestrain to be placed upon it. It frequently happens, however, thatthese-fastening devices are mislaid or lost, and by my invention Iprovide a simple and secure means for shipping the fastening deviceswith the stand in such position that they cannot readily become detachedfrom the same.

In the drawings, in which like characters of reference indicate similarparts in the dif ferent views, Figure 1 is a vertical section of myboiler support; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 isa detail section on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a top plan view ofthe stand; Fig. 5 is a detail section on the line 55 of Fig. 4, and Fig.6 is an en larged vertical sectional view of the adjustable bearingshowing the means for securing the fastening detq'ces to the stand.

10 indicates the screws for fastening the device to the wall 11. Theupper screw 10 passes through a suitable perforation in the upper partof the wall piece 13. This is provided at 14 with an opening. Across thelower edge of this opening is an outwardly and upwardly extending flange15. The flange 15 is provided with downwardly extending ribs 16 havinglugs 17, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The horizontally extending arm18 is provided with a lug 19 and a downwardly extending flange 20adapted to 't over the flange 15. It is also provided with downwardlyextending strengthening ribs 22 connected by a web 23 adapted to fitover the lugs 17 above described, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Thehorizontally extending arm 18 is also provided with strengthening ribs24. The outer end of the arm 18 carries two laterally extending arms 27,disposed at substantially right angles to one another. These arms 27 areprovided with downwardly extending strengthening ribs 28 and withlongitudinal slots 29. Through the slots 29 pass screw bolts 30 provided with nuts 31. These bolts also pass through perforations in oneend of bearings 33. The oppositeend of each of the bearings 33 isprovided with a lug 34 against which the boiler is adapted to rest, asindicated by dotted lines at 35 in Fig. 6. The under side of the bearing33 is recessed, as shown at 36, to receive the screw 10 of a proper sizefor use in fastening the wall piece 13 in position.

39 is the boiler waste pipe, which passes upward to the boiler betweenthe arms 27.

My boiler stand is customarily shipped with the portion constituting thearms 18 and 27 detached from the wall piece 13. The fastening devices,or screws 10, are placed in the recesses 36 and the bolts 30 tightened,thereby fastening the screws 10 securely to the arms 27. When the deviceis unpacked for use, the screws 10 are removed by loosening the bolts 30and the wall piece 13 secured by them in position. The horizontal arms18 and 27 are then detachably secured to the wall piece 13 by means ofthe lugs 20 and 23. It will be seen also that the bearings 33 arelongitudinally adjustable on the arms 27, thus enabling the stand to beadjusted to boilers of various diameters, the lugs 19 and 34 being incontact with thesides of the boiler.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 0f the United States, is-

1. In a boiler support, the combination with a wall bracket, of an armcarried thereby and provided with a bearing for the boiler, armsextending laterally from said first named arm, and removable bearingpieces for the boiler carried by said second named arms, the spacesbetween said arms and bearing pieces forming recesses constitutingreceptacles for the fastening means for the bracket.

2. In a boiler support, the combination with a wall bracket, of anarm'carried thereby and provided with a bearing for the boiler, armsextending laterally from said first named arm, and adjustable bearingpieces for the boiler carried by said second named arms, the spacesbetween said arms and bearing pieces forming recesses constitutingreceptacles for the fastening means for the bracket.

3. In a boiler stand, the combination with a wall bracket, of a slottedarm carried by said bracket, a bearing piece for the boiler, means atone end of said bearing piece for movably and detachably securing it tosaid slotted arm, and an upwardly extending lug at the other end of saidbearing piece, the under face of said bearing piece being provided witha recess for receiving the fastening means for said wall bracket.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal inthe presence of the two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES H. FOSTER.

Witnesses:

HAROLD R. SMALL, W. A. ALEXANDER.

